School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

The School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering currently offers two undergraduate majors, Applied Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, as well as a junior college major in Environmental Engineering Technology. The majors of Applied Chemistry and Environmental Engineering are first-class undergraduate majors in Hubei Province. The major of Environmental Engineering has also been approved for the Hubei Province Strategic Emerging (Pillar) Industry Talent Cultivation Plan, the "Professional Comprehensive Reform Pilot" program in general undergraduate universities in Hubei Province, the major authorized for double bachelor's degrees in general higher education institutions in Hubei Province, and the Hubei Province "3+2" Joint Cultivation Pilot Project. Since 2015, the school has been jointly cultivating professional master's degree candidates with Hubei University of Technology.

The school currently has 49 full-time teachers, including 28 professors and associate professors, 12 teachers with doctoral degrees, 1 teaching master in Hubei Province, and 1 talent at the provincial level in Hubei. It has 1 provincial-level teaching team, 2 provincial-level excellent basic teaching organizations, 1 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation team, and 1 teacher Party branch secretary studio of "dual leaders" in universities across the province. In recent years, the school has been approved for 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 national first-class undergraduate course, 5 provincial first-class undergraduate courses, and more than 30 provincial and municipal teaching and research projects. Teachers have won 2 provincial-level teaching achievement awards, published more than 10 textbooks, published more than 100 high-level papers, and applied for more than 20 invention patents.

The school currently has 1 provincial-level engineering technology center and 1 provincial-level key experimental teaching demonstration center. There are six major laboratories, namely, Basic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Instrumental Analysis (Analysis and Testing Center), Fine Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Engineering Virtual Simulation Laboratory. There are more than 790 sets of instruments and equipment, with a total value of over 10 million yuan. It has jointly established internship, practical training, and employment bases with more than 20 enterprises, such as Wuhan Environmental Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd., Pony Testing International Group, and Wuhan GEM Recycling Resources Co., Ltd. It has jointly established the "Characteristic Class for Environmental Protection Operation" and the "Pony Testing Experimental Class" to achieve the integrated cultivation of high-quality applied talents. In the past three years, more than 40 students have been approved for the National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, or have won awards in professional skills competitions and innovation and entrepreneurship competitions at or above the provincial level. One student has been rated as a "Technical Expert in Hubei Province". A large number of graduates have been admitted as master's degree candidates to "Double First-Class" universities such as Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Sichuan University. The employment rate of graduates has been maintained above 90%.

School of Food Science and Technology

Guided by the needs of the food industry and rooted in the "holistic health" philosophy, the School of Food Science and Technology establishes a talent cultivation system covering the full food industry chain through university-enterprise collaboration. Its mission is to nurture high-level professionals tailored to the evolving demands of the food sector.

The school offers undergraduate programs in Food Science and Engineering (including three specializations: Food Science and Engineering, Food Quality and Safety, and Culinary and Nutrition Education) and a junior college program in Food Inspection and Testing Technology. Notably, the Food Science and Engineering major is recognized as a Strategic Emerging (Pillar) Industry Major in Hubei Province, an authorized program for dual bachelor’s and second bachelor’s degrees, and a key construction program of the university. The discipline, as part of the "Biology and Modern Agriculture" cluster, was listed as an Advantaged and Characteristic Discipline Cluster during Hubei’s 14th Five-Year Plan period.

The faculty comprises innovative scholars with strong academic credentials and teaching expertise: 22 professors and associate professors, 12 doctoral holders, 1 provincial-level talent, and 1 provincial-level excellent basic teaching organization. Recent research focuses on storage-transportation, deep processing, functional food development of Hubei’s characteristic agricultural products, and modernization of traditional foods. The school has undertaken 20+ provincial/municipal research projects and enterprise collaborations, with 40+ invention patent applications.

Facilities include 9 specialized laboratories (Food Chemistry, Food Technology, Food Microbiology, Analytical Testing, Culinary Arts, Engineering Virtual Simulation, etc.), plus the "University-Enterprise Joint Functional Rice Wine R&D Center" and "Food-Pharmaceutical Resource Utilization Engineering Center," with equipment valued at over ¥8 million.

The school emphasizes competition-driven learning and teaching, having secured 30+ national/provincial innovation and entrepreneurship projects for students, who have won 20+ awards in competitions like the China International College Student Innovation Competition and "Challenge Cup."

With 50+ industry partnerships (COFCO, Yili, Zhejiang Yiming, JDB Wuhan, Qianji Wuhan, Mipopo Hubei, etc.), the school operates specialized training programs (e.g., "Qianji Experimental Class," "JDB Golden Leadership Class") to ensure integrated talent development. Graduates excel in food-pharmaceutical, quarantine, testing, and hospitality sectors, with a 90%+ employment rate. Many pursue advanced studies at top institutions like King’s College London and China Agricultural University.

Program Introduction

Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate, four-year program, awarding a Bachelor of Engineering degree, a construction site of first-class undergraduate majors in Hubei Province)

Training Objectives: Cultivate high-quality applied talents who meet the development needs of the environmental protection industry, have a solid theoretical foundation, possess a solid basic knowledge of environmental engineering, and master pollution treatment technology, environmental monitoring technology, and evaluation technology proficiently, as well as the installation and operation management technology of environmental protection facilities. They should be able to engage in the operation management of environmental protection projects, environmental monitoring and evaluation, have outstanding practical abilities, a strong sense of social responsibility, innovative spirit, entrepreneurial awareness, and innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities, and achieve all-round development in terms of morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor.

Professional Advantages and Characteristics: This major is a first-class undergraduate major in Hubei Province. The teaching team of environmental engineering has been rated as a teaching team in Hubei Province's colleges and universities, and the environmental engineering teaching and research section has been rated as an excellent basic teaching organization in general undergraduate universities in Hubei Province. Aiming to cultivate high-quality applied talents in the field of environmental protection, through in-depth cooperation with many large environmental protection enterprises inside and outside the province, order classes for university-enterprise cooperation have been set up. The employment rate of graduates has been continuously maintained above 95%. Many graduates have been admitted as master's degree candidates in "Double First-Class" universities, and professional alumni have been rated as "National Model Workers". Students majoring in this field have been approved for a number of national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training programs, and have won multiple gold and silver awards in the China International "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the Hubei Province Vocational Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Main Professional Courses: Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Monitoring Experiment, Comprehensive Experiment of Environmental Monitoring, Water Pollution Control Engineering, Water Pollution Control Engineering Experiment, Comprehensive Experiment of Water Pollution Control Engineering, Air Pollution Control Engineering, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Experiment, Physical Pollution Control Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment.

Employment Fields for Graduates: Engage in work such as engineering design, engineering operation and management, maintenance of environmental engineering equipment, environmental monitoring and evaluation in government environmental protection and planning departments, environmental protection-related enterprises, public institutions, and scientific research institutions.

Applied Chemistry (Undergraduate, 4-year program, Bachelor of Engineering degree, a construction site for first-class undergraduate majors in Hubei Province)

Training Objectives: Cultivate high-quality applied talents with strong scientific and cultural literacy, systematic mastery of fundamental chemistry knowledge, theories, and skills, practical abilities in chemical synthesis, analytical testing, resource development, and related disciplines, familiarity with disciplinary frontiers, innovative spirit, entrepreneurial awareness, and all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor.

Professional Advantages and Features: As a first-class undergraduate major in Hubei Province, it relies on the university’s provincial-level advantageous and characteristic discipline cluster in Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, emphasizing interdisciplinary integration and differentiated development. It has established a three-tier curriculum system: "broad foundational platform, core course modules, interdisciplinary modules." With over 20 internship bases built with leading domestic pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises, it focuses on cultivating high-quality applied professionals. In recent years, graduates are highly sought after, with an employment rate consistently above 95%. Many have been admitted to master’s programs at "Double First-Class" universities like Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Sichuan University. Over 10 students have been approved for national college student innovation and entrepreneurship projects, with multiple first prizes in competitions such as the "Hubei Craftsman Cup" Skills Competition and Hubei Provincial College Students' Chemistry (Chemical Engineering) Academic Innovation Achievements Conference. One student has been awarded the title of "Hubei Provincial Technical Expert."

Core Courses: Inorganic Chemistry and Experiments, Analytical Chemistry and Experiments, Organic Chemistry and Experiments, Physical Chemistry and Experiments, Instrumental Analysis and Experiments, Principles of Chemical Engineering and Experiments, Fine Chemicals Chemistry and Technology, Fine Chemicals Experiments, Organic Synthetic Chemistry, Sample Pretreatment Technology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis.

Career Paths: Employment in R&D, process management, quality control, analytical testing, environmental monitoring, technical consulting, and other roles in enterprises, research institutions, government agencies, and public institutions within sectors such as chemical engineering, metallurgy, resources, energy, pharmaceuticals, environmental protection, and materials.

Undergraduate Programs in Food Science and Engineering(Including three majors: Food Science and Engineering, Food Quality and Safety, Culinary and Nutrition Education; four-year program, awarded Bachelor of Engineering degree)

Training Objectives：Guided by the needs of the food industry and relying on university-enterprise cooperation, we adopt the "holistic health" philosophy to build a talent cultivation system covering the full food industry chain, aiming to cultivate senior professionals meeting the industry’s demands.Food Science and Engineering: Focuses on food processing engineering.Food Quality and Safety: Emphasizes food quality management and safety control.Culinary and Nutrition Education: Specializes in dietary planning and nutritional balance.

Professional Advantages and Characteristics： These majors are recognized as Strategic Emerging (Pillar) Industry Majors in Hubei Province, authorized for dual bachelor’s and second bachelor’s degrees in Hubei’s general universities, and listed as key construction programs of the university. They support the "Biology and Modern Agriculture" cluster, an Advantaged and Characteristic Discipline Cluster during Hubei’s 14th Five-Year Plan period. The Food Science and Engineering teaching and research section has been awarded the title of "Excellent Basic Teaching Organization" in Hubei’s general undergraduate universities.With prominent industry-education integration, we have established stable internship and employment bases with more than 50 well-known food enterprises inside and outside Hubei Province, such as Wuhan Qianji Food Co., Ltd., Wuhan JDB Beverage Co., Ltd., and Hubei Mipopo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., to jointly cultivate "industry-research-teaching-application" composite talents in food processing engineering, food quality and safety inspection and management, and nutrition and management.

Core Courses Basic Courses: Chemistry, Microbiology, Analytical Science, Food Technology, Food Safety, Food Nutrition.Specialized Course Clusters (Junior Year): Tailored to students’ career paths, including Food Engineering, Product Design, Food Quality and Safety Management, and Dietary Health.

Employment Fields：Graduates work in food and drug supervision, entry-exit quarantine, food and agricultural product processing, professional testing institutions, domestic and international hotels, and the catering industry, engaging in law enforcement, teaching, research, production, inspection, and management.

Food Inspection and Testing Technology (Junior College, three-year program)

Training Objectives：Cultivate high-quality technical and skilled professionals with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor. Students will master solid scientific and cultural foundations, knowledge of chemical analysis, biological analysis, food processing, and relevant laws and regulations, and possess capabilities in agricultural and food product testing analysis, testing laboratory management, quality certification, etc. Equipped with innovative spirit, entrepreneurial awareness, craftsmanship, and information literacy, they will be capable of engaging in food inspection and testing, laboratory management and services, food quality control, and safety management.

Professional Advantages and Characteristics：Precisely aligned with industrial transformation/upgrading and regional economic development needs, establishing a vocational competency cultivation path and evaluation model integrating "posts, courses, competitions, and certifications." Through university-enterprise cooperation programs like the "Qianji Experimental Class," "Pony Testing Experimental Class," and "JDB Golden Leadership Class," students' practical capabilities are significantly enhanced.Broad employment prospects and strong competitive advantages in the job market.

Core Professional Courses：Food Biochemistry and Experiments, Food Microbiology and Experiments, Food Chemistry and Experiments, Instrumental Analysis and Experiments, Food Nutrition, Food Technology and Experiments, Food Safety, Food Physical and Chemical Inspection Technology, Food Sensory Analysis Technology, Food Quality Safety and Control Technology, Food Microbiological Inspection Technology, etc.

Employment Fields：Graduates work in agricultural and food processing enterprises, food manufacturing enterprises, the catering industry, quality inspection technical service sectors, market supervision and management departments, and other institutions, engaging in food inspection and testing, food safety production and quality control, basic testing equipment maintenance, and related roles.

Environmental Engineering Technology (Junior College, three-year program)

Training Objectives：Cultivate application-oriented professionals adapted to the development needs of China's environmental protection industry, equipped with theoretical knowledge and professional skills in environmental monitoring and assessment, wastewater and exhaust gas treatment, etc. Graduates will be capable of engaging in environmental monitoring, environmental planning and management, environmental protection engineering, and related fields.

Professional Advantages and Characteristics ：Focuses on environmental monitoring and water treatment technology as core competencies, with a primary focus on cultivating application-oriented technical talents.Develops students' dual capabilities in environmental monitoring & assessment and environmental protection project operation & management through university-enterprise cooperation programs like the "Characteristics Class for Environmental Protection Operations," emphasizing practical skill enhancement.

Core Professional Courses：Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Monitoring Experiments, Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring Experiments, Water Pollution Control Engineering, Water Pollution Control Engineering Experiments, Air Pollution Control Engineering, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Experiments, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management.

Employment Fields：Graduates work in government environmental protection departments, environmental protection enterprises, third-party monitoring institutions, and similar organizations, engaging in environmental engineering construction management, pollution control facility operation and maintenance, environmental pollution monitoring and assessment, and related roles.